Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born in the east to a Dilettante, Birel learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Dazzazn hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting dire rats, the young Dazzazn began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 32000 sp.

Description: She wears a tan collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries a battered club and tarnished shortspear as well. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has worked as a Seamstress like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 17000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a white coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A true patriot, Georgina would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp).